Railway-rail fastening and support



(No Mom.) 2 sheets-sheet 1. G. B. FISHER. RAILWAY RAIL FASTRNING ANDSUPPORT.

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Patented I/Iay 26,1891.

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UNITED STATES PATENT EEICE.

i GEORGE FISIIEYR, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

RAILWAY-RAIL FASTENING AND SUPPORT.

i SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 452,863, dated May26, 1891.

Application filed August 9, 1890. Serial Nox 361,5 50. (No model.)

To LZZ whom zit may concern.' i

Be it known that I, GEORGE I3. FlsI-IER, a citizen of the United States,residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illi-` `on theline 5 5 of Fig. l.

My invention relates to a metal fastening for securing railway-rails tothe ties and a support connected with the same for sustaining the railsat joints when they occur between the ties.

The object of the invention is to provide broad bearings for the edgesof the rails and adjustable clamps for securing the rails to theseseats, so that they may be readily removed therefrom, and also tosupport the rails at joints between the ties by a device connected withthe respective fastenings.

I will proceed to describe in detail a fastening device in which I havecarried out my invention in one practical form, and will then point outmore definitely in claims the particular improvements which I believeto,` be new and wish to secure by Letters Patent.

In the drawings, A represents the ties, which are of wood or any othersuitable material, and B the rails, which are of the usual T-head form.The chairs C, on which the rails are seated and by which they aresecured to the ties, are of cast metal and of peculiar construction.These chairs 4are provided with a at upper surface c and with dependingside flanges c', which t down over the sides of the ties and are securedthereto by bolts D, as seen in Fig. 2 of the drawings.

In the fiat upper face of the chair there is a groove or depression clrunning centrally almost across the chair and preferably concave. Thisgroove runs out...at one edge of the chair, but not at the other, and atthe latter edge and outside of the groove there is a second groove orchannel c3 cut in the face of the chair and running at an inclinationslightly from a perpendicular to the crossgroove c2. This latter groovec3 is of dovetail form in cross-section. The former groove c2 is formedby a bend in the surface-plate of the chair, as seen in Figs. 2 and 3 ofthe drawings. There are also short perpendicular flanges c4 dependingfrom the edges of the chair at right angles to the flanges c. Theselatter iianges are triangular-shaped, and the apex of each is intendedto be set into the surface of the tie, as seen in said Figs. 2 and 3.

One member E of the clutch or fastener by which the rail is secured tothe chair is ccnstructed with a base c, adapted to fit the dovetailgroove c3 and to slide back and forth therein. On the top of this baseis a long curved dan ge or hook e', which is bent inward from the basewhen the latter is properly placed in its groove. This hooked ange is,however, arranged at an angle to the base e and at such an angle thatwhen the latter is placed in the groove c3 the hook will stand at rightangles to the cross-channel c2 and parallel to the rail when placed onthe chair. The bottom of this clutch-piece is also provided with aseries of cross-grooves c2, which serve to fasten this piece inposition, as will be described presently. It will be seen from thisdescription that this clutch-piece E may be adjusted along the length ofthe inclined groove, but thatin this adjustment the hook-` underneaththe clutch-piece Il, and the crossgrooves e2 in the bottom of the latterare adapted to fit over the upper portion of the rod, thereby securingthis piece in the position to which it may be adjusted. At the other endof the rod is a second clutch-piece G, which is provided at one end witha hookflange g and at the other with a dependent tail-pieceg,havingaperforation g2, whereby IOO it is adapted to be fitted upon theend of the rod, as seen in Fig. 3. At the open end of the cross-groovec2 there are dovetailed seats or guideways g5, extending inward a littleway and adapted to receive this loose clutch-piece G, which is shaped incross-section to tit these seats. It will be seen, then, that when therod F is inserted in the chair the clutch-piece G may be slipped uponthe free end thereof and at the same time slid into its seats, and thenmay be drawn upon the rod by turning up the nut f against it. New inorder to fasten the rails to the ties these chairs are rst secured tothe latter, as already described, and in proper position. Theclutch-pieces E are slipped into their seats and the rods F passedthrough, as already deseribed. The rails are then set upon the chairsand the opposite clutch-pieces G applied to the ends of the rods andslipped into their respective seats. The hooked flanges on the twoclutches rise just above the face of the chairs, so as to lap over andembrace the two edges of the foot l) of the rail, as seen in Fig. 3,when it is obvious that upon turning up the nuts on the ends of the rodsthe clutch-piece G will be thrust inward until the foot et the rail isfirmly grasped by the two clutch-pieces, and thereby securely fastenedto the chairs. The adjustment of the clutch-piece E along its inclinedseat provides for such variation as may be necessary to suit rails ofdifferent sizes and also to secure accuracy in gage. lVith these chairsI also employ a special support for the rail-joints when they occurbetween the ties. For this purpose I provide a metal support H, which isof a length to reach from chair to chair, and is provided at each endwith a short depending hook 7i, while at its center it is slightlyarched to present a bearing-surface. On each side of the chairs there isupon the outside of the flanges c a horizontal hook-ilange h2, thesehooks being adapted to receive the hooked ends of the support Il. Nowwhenever the ends b of adjacent rails come together to form a jointbetween the ties this support H is applied, as seen in Fig. 2, beinghooked onto the chairs 4ot the respective ties and being of such shapeand arrangement as to come up directly underneath the rails at the jointthereof, the ends of the respective rails resting on the eentral arch.This supporting-bar is made Wider than the foot of the rail, and isProvided at each edge with a short projecting ilange h',

between which the rails rest. When in position, as described, itsustains the rails at the joint and eftectually prevents theobjectionable spring or depression of the latter at these points.

In details of construction there may be some changes in the devices ashere shown and described. Hence I do not confine myself to all thesedetails of construction.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

l. The chair C, in combination with the clutch-piece E, seated in alongitudinal groove, along which it is movable, the clutch-piece G,seated at the opposite edge ot the chair and guided to slide inwardtoward the clutch E, the fastening-bolt F, and the railway-rails B,substantially as and for the purposes speeiied.

2. The chair C, provided with the crossgroove c2 and inclined groove c3,arranged nearly at right angles to the former, in combination with theclutch-piece E, fitted to the groove c3 and having a hook e arranged atright angles to `the cross-groove c2, the fastening-bolt F, arranged inthe cross-groove c2, the clutch-piece G, mounted in seats adjacent tothe cross-groove c2 and provided with a tailpiece g', through which thebolt passes, and the rail B, substantially as and for the purposesspecified.

The chair C, provided with side hooks 712 and fastened to the lies, incombination with supportingbars H,provided with hooks 7L, adapted toengage with the said chair-hooks and extending from one tie to another,and the rails B, resting at the joint upon said support, substantiallyas and for the purposes specified.

GEORGE B. FISHER.

Witnesses:

CARRIE FEIGEL, A. M. BEST.

